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Part of the final report was released. I heard it on the radio night before last, and on TV yesterday. Basiclly it says what first of two has said all along, that there was no evidence that the gunboys were looking for anyone or any group, but were killing who ever, and planning to kill as many as possible. They never denied any of the stories that have come out, Like the girl being tormented over her religion. The girls mother made an apearance on the religoin channal a few days ago, talking about their family moving to to town to get the girl away from a bad influence. It will be interesting to see if the press backs off the story after the full report is released. I think I'll stop watching the news altogether.
------------------ Fool of a Took, throw yourself in next time!! Gandalf
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Of course it said what I said. It's the truth, isn't it?
The whole "she said yes" story has been repeatedly debunked. Most importantly, the eyewitness who originally reported the incident later realized, upon returning to the scene, that he had been mistaken. (Aparrently, the person who ACTUALLY 'said yes' was another girl, who was, in fact, not shot. Of course, that's not good press, while the current false version is, so it survives.) The current promoters of the book have gone so far as to say "It doesn't matter if it's true, what matters is that people believe it."
Milking a tragedy for political gain... that's what it's all about.
------------------ "Nobody knows this, but I'm scared all the time... of what I might do, if I ever let go." -- Michael Garibaldi
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One of my college profess. told us to ignore the national news. I alway thought he was stretching things, but after this, and a couple of other stories, I think I will stop watching the news. What's the use, if you can't believe them.
He did say McNiel-Leaer(sp) was acurate, but that's hard to believe too, since they(or he now) are so slanted toward the left.
------------------ Fool of a Took, throw yourself in next time!! Gandalf
Tell you what I do. I listen to left-leaning news, AND a right-leaning radio/news programme. Generally the truth is somewhere in the middle.
George Carlin said it best, about licence plates:
"New Hampshire's plate says: Live free, or DIE!!! Idaho's says: Famous potatoes. I have a feeling, that somewhere in between, the truth lies. Probably, it's a little closer to 'Famous Potatoes.'"
------------------ "Nobody knows this, but I'm scared all the time... of what I might do, if I ever let go." -- Michael Garibaldi
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Of course, you don't watch the news. They are only out for your advertising dollar no matter what political side you are on. The media is liberal not because it is a bunch of democrats, but because it does not hold any traditional moral values.
------------------ We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men." George Orwell
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Oh, why dance around the issue? For left-wing news, go to The news as reported by the International Committee of the Fourth International. Thrill as the horrors of capitalism are exposed through multiple watchings of "Who Wants to Marry a Really Rich Guy"! Amaze your friends with the real history of the Apollo program!
And as for the right, what more trustworthy source exists to refute the godless immorality of communists, celebrities, and anyone with a college education? Yes, it's Pat Robertson's own wunderkind, The 700 Club!
I pick on The 700 Club because of its connection to Pat Robertson, but it runs a rather harmless website compared to some. Still, along with all the touchy feely stuff, it includes enough solid misinformation to qualify under the rather snarky mood I'm in.
------------------ "What did it mean to fly? A tremor in your soul. To resist the dull insistance of gravity." -- Camper Van Beethoven
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To quote a former middle-eastern leader, "What is truth?"
------------------ Dane
"Mathematicians have long held that a million monkeys banging on a million keyboards would eventually reproduce the collected wisdom of the human race. Now, thanks to the internet, we know this is not true." -- Robert Silensky
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Yep! It ought to (and used to) be required reading in High School (or perhaps earlier).
Of course, the problem with putting anything on a required reading list is that they are notorious for containing only the most dessicated, sleep-inducing pieces of literature imaginable. Whenever a gem is slipped into the list, it becomes tainted by association.
I'm just glad I read Fahrenheit 451 before I knew it was on the list at my school!
--Baloo
------------------ "Sometimes "dark" is just a way of saying you�ve nothing to add, only a new way to subtract."
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